David Kerr (born 3 September 1967) is a British film and television director. His debut feature film, ''

Johnny English Strikes Again ''Johnny English Strikes Again'' is a 2018 action spy comedy film directed by David Kerr. It is the sequel to ''Johnny English Reborn'' (2011) and is the third and final installment of the ''Johnny English'' series. The film stars Rowan Atkins ...

'', was released internationally by ''

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'' and ''

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'' in 2018. David has a long track record as a pilot/lead director of award-winning TV comedy and drama, which includes ''

No Offence ''No Offence'' is a British television police procedural drama on Channel 4, created by Paul Abbott. It follows a team of detectives from Friday Street police station, a division of the Manchester Metropolitan Police (a fictional version of the ...

'', '' Inside No.9'', '' Fresh Meat'', '' Beautiful People'' and ''

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''.

Early life

Born in

Belfast Belfast ( , ; from ga, Béal Feirste , meaning 'mouth of the sand-bank ford') is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast. It is the 12th-largest city in the United Kingdo ...

on 3 September 1967, he studied at

Clare College, Cambridge Clare College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England. The college was founded in 1326 as University Hall, making it the second-oldest surviving college of the University after Peterhouse. It was refounded ...

and graduated (1989) with a First Class degree in

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Career

He directs commercials through

Hungry Man Productions Hungry Man Productions is an international commercial marketing and production company. The organization has been voted by Creativity Online to be one of the top five commercial production companies in the world. It is also the only production co ...

. In 2015, his US gun control spot, "Playthings", won Best PSA at The AICP Show in New York. David was presented with a

British Academy Television Award The BAFTA TV Awards, or British Academy Television Awards are presented in an annual award show hosted by the BAFTA. They have been awarded annually since 1955. Background The first-ever Awards, given in 1955, consisted of six categories. Until ...

for directing the first series of ''

That Mitchell and Webb Look ''That Mitchell and Webb Look'' is a British sketch comedy television show starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb that ran from 2006 to 2010. Many of its characters and sketches were first featured in the duo's radio show ''That Mitchell and W ...

'' in 2006. He was nominated for another BAFTA for the second series in 2008.
"

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. In August 2017, he directed the spy comedy film ''

'', which was released in 2018.

References

External links

*
David Kerr at the British Film Institute.

David Kerr at Hungry Man Productions.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kerr, David 1967 births Living people Male actors from Belfast BAFTA winners (people) Alumni of Clare College, Cambridge British television directors British film directors British people of Irish descent